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- Copland, Aaron (1900 - 1990)
- Corelli, Arcangelo (1653 - 1713)
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- Debussy, Claude (1862 - 1918)
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- Delius, Frederick (1862 - 1934)
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- Gershwin, George (1898 - 1937)
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- Giuliani, Mauro (1781 - 1829)
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- Gregorian Chant
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- Mozart, Leopold (1719 - 1787)
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- Schubert, Franz (1797 - 1828)
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- Spohr, Louis (1784 - 1859)
- Stamitz, Carl (1745 - 1801)
- Stamitz, Johann (1717 - 1757)
- Strauss, Johann II (1825 - 1899)
- Strauss, Richard (1864 - 1949)
- Stravinsky, Igor (1882 - 1971)
- Suk, Josef (1874 - 1935)
- Sullivan, Arthur (1842 - 1900)
- Suppé, Franz von (1819 - 1895)
- Svendsen, Johan (1840 - 1911)
- Szymanowski, Karol (1882 - 1937)